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Sorry but £100k-£125k is waaayyyy off and my judgement comes from seeing first hand and helping develop software and seeing the money spent on it. They will easily be into 7 figures even with only a couple months of development. I was talking about just one piece of software for one operating system, Napster are looking to create something for multiple platforms and hardware all needing different UI’s and control. Bug testing and fixing will be a huge task for one of these let alone all hardware and the development of the apps themselves.
... but presumably Melody and Napster’s existing Software development team will be on salaries to focus on the new app; I’m talking cost of additional support from external expert sources (from the £40m) not currently factored into the yearly budget. If I’m way off I’m way off (I’m not in IT but have spent on IT)...
Hi MrH,
From the hiring of Software/Data analyst staff over the last couple of years I would hope most of the expertise is ‘in house’ and contractors would only be required for system integration with 3rd party software, the budget would still be in the £m’s.
They do have a fantastic amount of proven software to provide information for the requirements, Singtel, O2, Facebook and others obviously believe the APP will be of a high standard and reliable. IMO
Fair enough Mel - clearly your area of expertise, not mine. As long as most of that £40m is for the other big items I mentioned then we will be in for a real treat
Hi MrH,
I have some knowledge in this area, I also agree with sentiment around Nice & Green, they are investing in particular high technology or Biotechnology industries, the founder and colleagues come from high end accountancy companies, they are not charitable but fair in their business strategy, they are not in the business of investing or risking investment, therefore I believe this again provides confidence the APP will deliver. IMO
Londondan
For a start, I was having a conversation with someone else - not you, which is like trying to talk to a concrete bollard.
I put 'IMO'. Comprendie? Or don't you know what that stands for?
Londondan
For a start, I was having a conversation with someone else. Not you - which is like trying to talk to a concrete bollard.
I put 'IMO'. Comprendie? Or don't you know what that stands for?
Not sure why you felt the need to post that twice, but good to know - let's remember that next time you jump all over someone else's posts, which aren't directed at you, trying to police what is and isn't said on here.
I look forward to you minding your own business in such cases from now on.
Coming from trading system in investment banking, I have more than some knowledge in this area. MrH you are correct. We expect that a wealth of internal IT knowledge is already in place. Add to that the app designers, Java developers, storage specialist hiring from last year, we end up with more than enough internal experts required for new app. However according to Mel who must have flown over the cuckoo nest, what we have is not enough. Mel is an expect in sweet talking, has master in cheer leading and one of the biggest bs artists on this thread and should be nominated NAPS Bod.